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Acer Aspire 5733 i3
by CredDeMas
My lovely Godchildren decided to play with my Dell an sadly it ended up being smashed, so I bought this Acer 5733 (i3 Intel Core, 15.6", HD, LED, LCD, 500 GB Hardrive, 3 GB Ram, DVD drived, 6-Cell Li-ion battery).
Appearance
It has a small printed diagonal lines which gives it a different effect to that of typical ... design most laptops have. It is not though the most stylish Laptop that I have had but it is nice and formal looking. It is 2.6 Kgs and even feels less heavier when you actually hold it, which I feel is a bonus as, I am a student and carrying a laptop around constantly can be heavy work! The screen is as stated above LED, LCD, fantastic with resolution for watching HD videos*. The Keys are nicely separated and there is plenty of space to type, there is a number pad which I don't regularly use but I feel as though laptops without feel strange, I suppsoe when your on a comouter you always have the numberpad keyboard and want that realistic computer feeling transferred to your laptop. The laptop has a few USB holes for you to put in your phone, USB mouse and whatever else it is you may feel the need to plug in, the laptop also has the normal sockets from audio to hdmi, everything an up to date Laptop would have. It is a notebook, however luckily it comes with a DVD drive on the left side which is wonderful for gaming or watching films.
Usage
With using this Laptop I have rarely had issues however I have had to set to factory settings on one occasion when it froze every time i turned it on, I blame this more on it's operating system (windows 7) that itself, but I suppose that counts as the laptop too. It runs pretty smoothly, 500GB hard-drive is a nice amount for me as a BA student to put my work in, it also comes with a really handy Acer restore system which is seriously useful. I play sims PC on this so faming wise with an i3 processor it is relatively good and smooth.
Battery/Charger
I will admit it claims to last 3 hours I feel it probably does 2 and a half, I also feel that Acers have serious issues with their chargers, my charger keeps telling me it is not compatible, I have bought the Laptop version of this (this is a notebook) for my boyfriend and his battery actually stopped working unless it was continuously on charge, this led to a trip to the repair shop and a lovely £60 to fix. I have bought a new charger and it is working, but I still find this to be quiet uncomfortable after having only for 6 months.
Keyboard issues
3 keys fell off after 3 months, I admit I do type heavily and hard but still never happened to me before with any laptop or computer I have had so disappointing. The touch pad works fine, smooth and follows as you move.
Cost £350
I feel for the quality of this Laptop, this was cheap, I have to say I have spent £700 on a Dell and I received far less than I did with this, I know it has been slightly troublesome, but overall worth it, bargain price for £350.
Overall I have to say I bought this laptop for under £350 it was worth the price, one of the best Laptops for that price I have ever had, it just runs really smooth an rarely freezes.
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Samsung Series 3 300V5AI
by jade1517
I did not originally set out to buy this laptop, i bought a different one which was also by Samsung, but the software crashed and i had some problems with customer services and anyway they eventually gave me an upgrade to this laptop, and I am so pleased they did.
The laptop is very fast, it responds to your every click ... instantly and very rarely freezes.
I love the look of this much more than my other one, even though the one i bought before was pink and i loved that, this has a very sophisticated vibe about the brushed chrome effect is suitable for every age and is something that is not going to be going out of fashion anytime soon.
I do not store loads on my laptop as i use my main computer to store everything and this is just for my assignments but i still have over half of my memory unused.
The computer itself is very comfortable and smaller and lighter than other laptops making it very easy to take with me.
I have not dropped this laptop nor have i deliberately attempted to break this to test its durability, so can not really comment, but i have noticed that it does not scratch very easily and if i have got scratches on it i can not see them.
It is very easy to use and pretty much self explanatory so have had no need to read the instruction manual nor have i felt the need to contact manufacturer support.
I would say it is excellent value for money and think it is suitable for all ages with a fantastic design
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Asus X401A WX074V
by hoggy1965
I was looking for a budget laptop that would do the basics without frills. I had heard stories about the build quality, but decided to take a chance and was not disappointed. I bought an external USB CD/DVD as it does not have one due to its compact size. The hard disk is not huge, but unless used to store many image or music files, ... should suffice. It has a good amount of RAM and (to me at least) seems to manage windows 7 with ease. Boot up times are acceptable and once up and running, the screen size and keyboard are more than usable. Pound for pound, the specifications are good and the processing power more than adequate. As advertised, the sound is very good. Although this was not a consideration when purchasing, I enjoy listening to the radio on it when working.
I don't understand why people go for tablets -this is a much more capable option at a great price.
Here is a summary of its specifications
1. Weight only 1.8 Kg
2. 4GB Ram
3. 320 GB hard disk
4. Windows 7 Home Premium
5. 2.3 GHz Celeron processor
6. Dimensions 24.1 x 34.4 x 2.6 cm
In summary, it is hard to fault. I have heard people say that the Asus after sales service is not the best, but the build quality seems good and it is likely you are not going to need it.
The lack of a CD/ DVD drive is a compromise for it's size. With so much being downloaded directly nowadays from the internet, this is not much of a problem, but an external drive is not expensive if you really need to use disks.
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